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MOBILE, AL - JULY 26: Adrian Clemons reclines in Jerel Maddox's apartment. The group often gathers there to cook dinners, rehearse, gossip and enjoy each other's company. They describe themselves as being like a family. Since a video of team dancing at an LGBT basketball game went viral after being tweeted by former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, the team has gained semi-celebrity status around Mobile, has been flown out to Los Angeles to appear on a TV talk show, and is currently filming a reality show about their lives. The Prancing Elites are a group of young, gay, black men who practice J-Sette, a form of dance birthed at Historically Black Colleges that is characterized by sharp, cheerleading-style movements and hip-hop performed to an eight-count beat. Traditionally, men cannot join college dance teams, so young gay black men have been forming their own J-Sette "lines," organizing competitions, and creating their own outlets to practice this type of dance. (Photo by Sara Naomi Lewkowicz/Getty Images Reportage)